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closed and subtending the sorus on three sides, opening on the fourth 

 which looks towards the apex of the segment ; veins forked, free. 



1 C. bulbifera Bernh. Frond bipinnate, narrowly lanceolate, segments of the 

 Ifts. opposite, oblong, serrate, the lower one pinnatifid; rachis bulbiferous, wing- 

 less ; sori roundish, placed singly at the clefts between the lobelets. In damp 

 woods, frequent. Frond 12 to 18' high, remarkable for the little bulbs produced 

 in the axils of the rachis, which, falling to the ground, take root. Foliage narrow, 

 tapering to an acute summit. Stipe smooth. JL (Aspidium, Swtz). 



2 C. fragilis Bernh. Frond bipinnate. oblong-lanceolate in outline, delicate in tex- 

 ture ; Ifts. ovate-lanceolate, segm. oblong, obtuse or acute (3 to 5"), incisely lobed 

 or pinnatifid, its lobes subentire ; rachis winged by the decurrent Ifts. ; sori single 

 at the base of each tooth ; stipe slender, longer than frond. A delicate Fern on 

 moist rocks, frequent. Fronds 6 to 12' high, dark green, its divisions rather 

 remote, and with the subdivisions, considerably variable in form. Sori small, . 

 about 1 at the base of each lobe, soon naked. Jn., Jl. (Aspidium tenue Swtz.) 



19. ONOC'LEA, L. SENSITIVE FERN. (Gr. ovoq, a kind of vessel, 

 KAetw, to close.) Fronds sterile and fertile ; sori clustered, confluent ; 

 proper indusium very thin, lateral ; common indusium formed of the 

 segments of the frond, whose margins are revolute and contracted into 

 the form of a berry, opening, but not expanding. Sterile fronds deeply 

 pinnatifid, ample ; fertile bipinnate, with recurved and globular, con- 

 tracted segments 



O. sensibilis L. Common in low grounds. Fronds about a foot high, the barren 

 ones broad and somewhat triangular in outline, composed of broad, oblong, sinuate 

 divisions, the upper ones smaller, nearly entire, becoming united at base. The 

 fertile frond is very dissimilar in its form to the others, resembling a compound 

 spike enclosing the fruit in the globular segments of its short divisions. Color 

 dark brown. JL Very sensitive to frost. 



p. OBTUSILOBATA Torr. Fertile frond segments leaf-like, only partially revolute, 

 not concealing the sori. Mass., N. Y., very rare. (0. obtusiloba Schk.) 



20. ASPID'IUM, L. SHIELD FERN. (Gr. oar/i?, a small shield; 

 from the resemblance of the indusium.) Sori orbicular, scattered, ter- 

 minal or lateral on the pinnate veins ; indusium orbicular, peltate or 

 reniform with a deep sinus, covering the sorus, opening all around. 



Upper half of the frond fruitful, contracted, unlike the lower sterile half Nos. 1, 2 



Upper half of the frond like the lower, not contracted, (a) 



a Frond simply pinnate, Ifts. ovate, semianriculate No. 3 



a Frond bipinnate, segments semiauriculate, sharp-toothed Nos. 4, 5 



a Frond bipinnate, segments equilateral, deeply pinnatifid No. 6 



a Frond pinnate witlTpinnatifid leaflets, (b) 



b Segments subcoriaceous, with the sori near the mid vein Nos. 7, 8 



b Segments subcoriaceous, with the sori at the margin No. 9 



b Segments soft and thin, smoothish. Sori in 2 rows Nos. 10, 11 



hairy. Sori without order No. 12 



1 A. acrostichoides "Wllld. Leaflets of the frond undivided, subsessile, falcate- 

 lanceolate, auriculate on the upper side at base, ciliate-serrulate, only the upper 

 ones fertile ; sori at length confluent ; stipe chaffy. Common in rocky shades. 

 Frond 15 18' high, of a narrow-lanceolate outline. Stipe with loose, chaffy 

 scales. Leaflets numerous, slightly curving upwards, 1 2' hi length, (incised in A. 

 Schweinitzii Beck), the terminal ones, which alone are fruitful, are contracted in 

 size, the under side becoming overspread with the sori. June Aug. 



2 A. Ludoviciana Riddell. Frond tall (2 to 4f ), rigidly erect, narrowly oblong- 

 lanceolate in outline, pinnate and barren below, bipinnate, fruitful and contracted 

 above; lower Ifts. incisely pinnatifid with very obtuse, subentire lobes, upper with 

 distinct, oblong, obtuse, crenate-serrate segments; indusia peltate, in 2 intra- 

 marginal rows. Swamps, Ga., Fla. to La. The short stipe and long rachis chaffy. 



3 A. lonchitia Willd. Frond pinnate, linear-lanceolate in outline, rigidly erect 



